Taiwan says arms shows US interest in Indo Pacific and Taiwan Strait. securiityThe M240B is a general-purpose machine gun being offered to Taiwan by the United States. Beijing has applied increasing pressure om democratically-ruled Taiwan to accept China’s sovereignty, including by flying fighter jets across the sensitive mid-line of the Taiwan Strait, which normally serves as an unofficial buffer. “This shows the importance attached by the United States to security in the Indo Pacific and Taiwan Strait. We will continue to consolidate our security partnership with the United States.”

Source: The Standard October 22, 2020 05:48 UTC